Governor names SIUH doc to state Health Council

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Dr. Theodore J. Strange, vice president of medical operations at Staten Island University Hospital’s Prince’s Bay location, has been confirmed to the state Public Health and Health Planning Council.

Dr. Strange, an internist who also serves as the the hospital’s associate chairman of the Department of Medicine, was confirmed by the state senate and Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Dr. Strange will serve a term that extends to 2015. His nomination was proposed by state Sen. Andrew Lanza (R-Staten Island).

The Council has a broad array of advisory and decision-making responsibilities with respect to the state’s public health and health care delivery system. It is charged with adopting and amending the Sanitary Code and health care facility, home care agency, and hospice operating regulations.

The council also makes decisions concerning the establishment and transfer of ownership of health care facilities, home care agencies and hospice programs. It makes recommendations to the commissioner of health concerning major construction projects, service changes, and equipment acquisitions in health care facilities and home care agencies.